Method of sealing bottles.



Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

INVENTOI? I WITNESSES 'Arrofl Er. y

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i 0 all whom it may concern;

-retain RUBIN.-ROTHIMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METHOD or sEALmG BOTTLES.

Be it known that I, R BIN Ro'rHMAN, a

subject of the Emperor of Russia, and mmdent of the borough of Brooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Im-, provements in Methods of Sealing Bottles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide an improved process forsecurely retaining a closure in the form of a cap or hood on the top ofva bottle or jar, and is especially designed for the form 'of mouthbottles or jars usually employed for the delivery of milk to. customers;and consists, essentially, in providing a form of wirering with a helixat one end, through which the other en d'ofthe wire is passedand drawntaut around the hood or cap below the'bead on the bottle neck, andthereupon the engaging end portions of the wire ring'flare deflected tocause them to be securely locked together.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating embodiments of .my invention,Figure 1 shows a bottle with the closure applied. Fig. the openposition. Fig. 3 is a similar view, with the end portions of" the wirein gilamped position; Fig. 4 is a view enlarged of the end portions of.a ring in the locked position, with the extremity of the ring deflected,and Fig. '5 shows'the helix.

n Fig. 1 ofthe drawings is shown a bottle 6 of..the wide-mouth form,having a bead 7 on the outside of the neck at the top. A cap or hood 8of any preferred material, preferably of a com aratively stiff paper,is' placed on top/of t'e bottle, and has its sides extendin down a shortdistance beyond the .bead (lithe bottle. Around this lower portion ofthe cap 8 is plac d a wire ose end portions are provided with means forcontracti'n the ring to' press the edges of the cap tig tly against thebottle neck just belowthe head on the bottle, and which end portions canbe locked together to securely the-cap in this position.

One end portion of the ring 9 is provided with a helix 19,- as shownseparately in Fig. 5, of asize to'p'ermit the other end portion 12 ofthe ring 9 to pass through the axis of the helix; and this end portion12 is so inserted before the ring is placed over the hood or cap on thebottle, the ring before applicas iecification of Letters Patent.

.the bottleneck below cated in Fig. 1. Of course this can be done wide-,

la'r' form or shape.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

Application filed September 20, 1913 7 Serial No. 790,858.

tion being large enough to be passed down over the hood around the bead7. This ring is now grasped by suitable means, and the extending end 121s drawn out or through the helix 10, whereby the size or diameter ofthe ring will be contracted, and will draw the lower edges of the hoodinwardly against the bead 7, as indiwith simple hand tools, such aspliers or the like, or else an automatic machine could be employed forsuch purpose.

For the purpose of securing the portion 12 of the ring that issurrounded by the helix 10, this portion of the ring is suitably Ycompressed, such as pair of pliers, or any form of jaws or the like,that will bend the wire portion 12 inside of the helix to an irregularshape, most likely in the form of a sinusoid or wave; and at the sametime the helix will be somewhat compressed or distorted out of a regu-This it will be readily understoodwill lock the two engaging endportions of the ring 9 together, and prevent withdrawal of the endportion 12, or any enlargement of the ring. the end 12 through the helixbefore locking thetwo portions together, will serve to clamp the edgesof the cap or hood 8 tightly against the bottle neck below the bead onthe bottle, and then the locking operation will insure the retention ofthe cap on top of the bottle, thus forming a practically fluid-tightclosure for the bottle. Preferably the end portion 12.:of the wire ringthat now projects beyond the helix 10, in the locked position of thehelix, can be severed by clippers, or any desired form of cutting means.This end portion 12 of the wire, can be severed so as to leave a shortend portion beyond the helix, that can be deflected laterally as shownat 13 in Fig. 4, that will assist in the locking operation, as it wouldtend to prevent withdrawal of the end portion of the wire back throughthe helix 10. And in fact, this laterally bent portion might'itselfserve as a locking means to prevent withdrawal of the wire, and serve tolock the two endportions of the wire ring in position to clamp the hoodagainst the bottle neck. In the extending end portion 12, the nipper'sor other cutting means could be caused at the same time to produce thedescribed lateral bending of the remainingend portion of the bysqueezing it with a The drawing of the operation of cutting off wire 12;whereby the operation of severing the free extension would at the sametime effect the lockin together of the end portion of the wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I'clann is: i

1. '.The herein described method of'securing a cap on a bottle that isprovided with ahead at the top by means of a circular wire ring,consisting in placing around the cap below the bead a circular wire ringprovided with a helix at one end portion with the other end portion ofthe wire projecting through such helix, thereupon drawing said free endthrough the helix to contact the ring-and press the cap tightly againstthe bottle neck, and thereupon causing the helix to be closed upon thesaid inner wire portionwhereby to deflect slich inner portion and lockthe two end portions of thering to-' gether and secure the cap upon thebottle.

2. The herein described method oflsecuring a cap on abottle that isprovided with a bead at the top by means of a circular wire r1ng,'consisting in placingaround the cap below the head a circular wire ringprovided with arhelix at one end portion with the other end portion ofthe Wire projecting inooasee through such helix, thereupon drawing saidfree end through the helix to contract the ring and press the captightly against the bottle neck, and thereupon causing the helix to beclosed upon the said inner wire portion whereby to deflect such'innerportion and lock the two end portions of the ring together and securethe cap upon the bottle,

and also causing the inner wire to have its extremity bent laterally atthe end portion 1 bottle neck, and thereupon compressing the helix andfree end-into interlocking engagement.

' Witnesses:

JAooB R. ORNSTEIN, CHARLES LENZ.

RUBIN RO'IjI-IMABL' 4

